Subgroup of pronouns. The term ‘possessive pronoun’ is misleading, since it refers not only to possession (my/your book) but also to general relations between things: his pity, her father, our...

n. (also possessive adjective) A determiner which functions as the possessive form of a pronoun: my, your, their. See also absolute...

A possessive pronoun is a part of speech that attributes ownership to someone or something. Like all other pronouns, it substitutes a noun phrase, and can prevent its repetition. For example, in the phrase, "These glasses are mine, not yours", the...